i was a wilderness ranger for three seasons, as a wild land fire fighter. The outdoors and wild places are really special and important to me. I'm concerned that there's more of this consumptive mind set in the western world. What is your opinion on travel as a consumptive versus creative endeavor? i think you shouldn't let travel itself make you think you're being creative. Any idiot can go somewhere. Travel in itself is not impressive. But if you do something with the inputthat you got from travel, then you're beingCreative but you actually have to do somethinging.